Ecclesiastes 11:5
Just as you don't know how the breath of life comes to the child in its mother's womb, so you can't understand the work of God, the Creator of everything.
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Job 5:9He is the one who does amazing, incredible things; miracles that can't be counted!
Job 26:14This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”
Job 37:23We cannot approach the Almighty for he is far beyond us in power and justice, and doing right.
Psalms 40:5Lord my God, you have done so many wonderful things for us, and you have so many plans for us. No one compares to you. I want to tell all that you've done—blessings too many to count.
Psalms 104:24Lord, how many different things you have made—all of them wisely created! The earth is full of your creatures.
Ecclesiastes 1:6The wind blows south, and then turns to the north. Round and round it spins, finally coming full circle.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 11:2-7
The Obligations to Be Liberal; Answers to Objections against Liberality. 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall… Read the whole commentary →